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Georgians got some tough news this week from the Secretary of State's office. State budget cuts are forcing the near-closure of the Georgia State Archives in Morrow come Nov. 1. The librarians and archivists who...

The Atlanta History Center has created a couple of clever videos that can be used as writing prompts or start of class quizzes to get students interested in Georgia history. They call them Don’t Know Much About History...

Although filming for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has wrapped up, Atlanta is still making profits because of the movie filming.
The Swan House at the Atlanta History Center was one of the set locations during the...

150 years ago this month, General William Tecumseh Sherman embarked on a 37 week trek across Georgia that changed the course of the civil war. We’re marking that history-making journey with the launch of the new...

Digging for details, viewing videos, rifling through reading material all in preparation to produce my “On the Story” segment about The Kinsey Collection at the Atlanta History Center made me acutely aware of my own...

At first glance, Lesley Nicol seems to be nothing like her head cook counterpart. The apron and hat are gone and replaced with contemporary hair, make-up and clothing. Instead of shouting orders to Daisy and Ivy, she’s...

Two weeks ago, Lesley Nicol (Mrs. Patmore) came to Atlanta for the 2015 International Gift and Home Furnishings Market to visit showrooms devoted to “Downton Abbey” products, but was able to stop by the...